depositure
English edit
Etymology edit
From the participle stem of Latin deponere.
Noun edit
depositure (countable and uncountable, plural depositures)
- (rare) The act of depositing.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 5:
- The Ægyptians […] by precious Embalments, depositure in dry earths, or handsome inclosure in glasses, contrived the notablest wayes of integrall conservation.
Latin edit
Participle edit
dēpositūre